Scott Price

Bio

Dr. Scott Price currently serves as Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy, and Coordinator
of Piano Pedagogy at the University of South Carolina School of Music. In addition,
he is President of the Board of Trustees of the Frances Clark Center for Keyboard
Pedagogy. A graduate of the University of Oklahoma, The Cleveland Institute of Music,
and Bowling Green State University (OH), his recent engagements have included performances
and clinics at the national conventions of the Music Teachers National Association,
the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, and solo recitals and presentations
throughout AR, AZ, CA, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MO, MS, NC, ND, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK,
SC, TX, WA, VA, and Washington DC. Dr. Price is creator and editor-in-chief of the
on-line piano pedagogy journal "Piano Pedagogy Forum". Now in its 17th year of publication,
“Piano Pedagogy Forum” has published more than 25 issues with participation from more
than 100 writers from 84 different colleges/universities, over 28 different states
and three foreign countries. The Music Teachers National Association named “Piano
Pedagogy Forum” as the recipient of the 2008 Frances Clark Keyboard Pedagogy Award.
Dr. Price has recorded 39 compact discs of educational piano music for Alfred Publishing
Company, and has published educational compositions with Alfred Publishing Company
and the FJH Music Company. He is a member of the Committee on Special Needs Students
for the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy. Special teaching interests of Scott
Price include teaching students with disabilities, very young children, and teaching
keyboard improvisation to piano students ranging from beginning to advanced levels.
His work with students with special needs has been featured on WISTV (SC) and WLTX
(SC), and in Clavier Companion Magazine. One of Dr. Price’s students with autism was
featured on Dateline NBC, and CNN. Scott Price has been awarded the "Best of BGSU
Outstanding Graduate" alumnus award from Bowling Green State University in Ohio in
2002, and was invited back to the University of Oklahoma as a “Distinguished Guest
Alumnus” in March of 2005 to perform, lecture, and present a piano masterclass. Other
engagements include performances and masterclasses in Thailand, Singapore, and in
Kuala Lumpur and Penang in Malaysia, South Korea, lectures at the 2005 Georgia State
Music Teachers State Convention, the 2007 Ohio Music Teachers Association, and the
2007 International Collaborative Conference of the Music Teachers National Association/Canadian
Federation of Music Teachers/Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Canada, the 2008
Georgia Music Educators Conference, the 2011 Indiana Wesleyan Piano Pedagogy Conference,
and the 2011, 2013, and 2015 National Conferences on Keyboard Pedagogy. He was the
guest pedagogy lecturer at the 2012 Korean Association of Piano Pedagogy in Seoul,
South Korea, and the Royal Conservatory of Music Keyboard Professional Development
Summit in Toronto and Vancouver, Canada. Dr. Price is the founder of the Carolina
LifeSong Initiative that is dedicated to providing piano lesson and music experiences
for students with special needs, and in fostering best practices in teaching and teacher
training. Dr. Price was named a Foundation Fellow by the Music Teachers National
Association in 2009, and is the 2012 recipient of the Southeastern Conference Faculty
Achievement Award for the University of South Carolina.